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Release Number: 09-076

For Immediate Release

Public Information
Office

March 13, 2009

Debbie Carter:
dcarter@hcso.tampa.fl.us

(813) 247-8060

Who:

Suspect: Amanda Noel Colla, dob:
12/18/83

902 Lumsden Dr,
Brandon

Deputy Judy Whaley (injured)

Deputy Tamela Cuscaden

What:

Traffic crash with
injury

When:

Thursday, March
12, 2009 at 12:10

Where:

Brandon Town
Centre Mall parking lot

Why/How:

Two Hillsborough
County Sheriff’s Office deputies were on bike patrol at the Westfield
Brandon Centre Mall around 11:00 a.m. Thursday, March 12, 2009, when
they spotted a dog locked inside a vehicle parked outside the Sears
Department Store. Deputies Tamela Cuscaden and Judy Whaley waited for
the owner to return. Within a couple of minutes, a woman and her two
young children exited the mall and came to the vehicle, a 2008 Toyota
Corolla. The woman and her children got into the vehicle as the
deputies engaged in a conversation about the dog inside the locked
vehicle. As Deputy Whaley stood and talked with the woman through the
passenger side window, the driver rolled up the window, pinning the
deputy’s arm, and put the car in reverse. The deputy was caught between
the suspect’s car and a parked vehicle, injuring her knee and ankle.

The driver left
the scene and proceeded to the nearby Target parking lot, where she
contacted a family member. The family member then called the Sheriff’s
Office to report the suspect’s location. Deputies converged on the area
and arrested the woman. The two children and the dog were released to
the family member at the scene.